Pachnephorus senegalensis

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Pachnephorus senegalensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Pachnephorus
Subgenus: Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus)
Species:
P. senegalensis
Binomial name
Pachnephorus senegalensis
Achard, 1914 [1]

Pachnephorus senegalensis is a species of leaf beetle found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, [2] Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [3] Tanzania and Zambia, [4] described by Julien Achard in 1914. [3]

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References

  1. Achard, J. (1914). "Eumolpides nouveaux d'Afrique tropicale". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France . 1914: 227–231. doi:10.3406/bsef.1914.25559. S2CID   186388279.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Mali". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi: 10.4081/fe.2007.128 .